
2. Why embark on an eco-design project?
There are many reasons for companies to embark on an eco-design project:
if the company's strategy is aimed at complying with changing regulations, industry habits or the influence of its customers and users; in this case, the company is highly dependent on external pressure and adopts a reactive rather than anticipatory stance;
if the company has integrated eco-design into its strategy, whether as a lever for innovation (on products, company organization, marketing, business model, etc.) or because of the manager's environmental conviction, the motivations are internal to the company; this posture is characterized by anticipation and proactivity.
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Bibliography
Standards and norms
- ISO Environmental management systems – Guidelines for integrating eco-design - NF EN ISO 14006 - 2020
- ISO Management environnemental : Intégration des aspects environnementaux dans la conception et le développement de produits - ISO/TR 14062 - 2003
- ISO Environmental management: Life cycle assessment – Principles and framework - ISO 14040 - 2006
- ISO Environmental management: Life cycle assessment...
Regulations
Code de l'Environnement – Partie règlementaire – Livre V : prévention des pollutions, des risques et des nuisances – Titre IV : déchets, November 2021.
Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), (...), Official Journal of the European Union, L 396/1 of 30...
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ADEME
Agence de la transition écologique – public establishment under the authority of the Ministry of Ecological Transition and the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation
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